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neophyte

noun as in beginner

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The suicide of the chief physician at the former tuberculosis sanatorium shortly thereafter tied up that investigation with a neat bow for neophyte detective Hulda Hermannsdóttir and her boss.

The racist comments “united hard-core basketball fans and sports neophytes, celebrities and everyday people, young and old in their condemnation of the 80-year-old Sterling.”

Or maybe the man who orchestrated this scam, conservative activist Glen Morgan, should have known the law and told these neophytes they would be breaking it if they ran for governor.

In 2002, Davis faced Republican Bill Simon Jr. The political neophyte was a bumbling candidate who ran a terrible campaign.

But when production started, Guadagnino was a neophyte: “I was completely ignorant about tennis,” he said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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